gender dysphoria

Question 1

gender dysphoria

Answer 1

• when people think that the gender they were born with (biological sex) doesn’t match their true gender identity

-gd ppl= feel more connected to opposite sex than the one assigned to them at birth

• mismatch = stress
• bc of this gd= recognised as a psychological condition in the dsm-5

Question 2

biological explanations

Answer 2

• says that gd = caused by differences in brain developement , due to genetic facts/pre natal issues
• brain sex theory = gd occurs when certain brain structures, dont match person biological sex

Question 3

dimorphic brain areas

Answer 3

-e.g zhou et al, studied bed nucleus of the stria terminalis,

• area of the brain, thought to be developed by age 5, is ariund 40% larger in males than females

post mortem studies of six males to female transgender indivualials, bstc, found to be similar size to that of typical female brain, suggests a neurobiological basis for gd